CCTV cameras have been installed in residential streets to help reduce anti-social behaviour in Rutherglen.

Two recording devices have been placed “strategically” on Toryglen Road and Western Road as both areas are known to attract regular disorder.

Officers attending a Rutherglen Community Council meeting on Tuesday, November 14, told members of the installation following a number of recent incidents.

A 20 and 15-year-old were arrested for an allegded assault and robbery in the Burnhill area this month. And there was also a firefighter attacked with rocks hurled by youths whilst he attended a bonfire on Western Avenue.

Inspector Robert Bryce, of Rutherglen Police Station, said: “There are two cameras, one on Western Avenue and on Toryglen Road.

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“They are permanent cameras, owned by South Lanarkshire Council, which can be moved if need be although they will be there for at least a period of three months.

“They’ve been placed there because that was an area with regular disorder. Other measures are also in place.”

The inspector revealed there had been a decline in anti-social behaviour in the area but insisted it was not solely down to the cameras installed.

He added: “I would say there has been a decrease in recent weeks. We have been working with the wardens and the anti-social behaviour team so I wouldn’t say it is just the cameras which are reducing the amount of arrests. It is more to do with the partnership.”